ML033070283
| ML033070283 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2003 |
| From: | Dam W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Imboden A | |
| References | |
| Download: ML033070283 (29) | |
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Preliminary Results of Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Environmental Review Virgil C. Summer Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Nuclear Station Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 26, 2003
Purpose of Todays Purpose of Todays Meeting Meeting 3/4 Discuss NRCs license renewal process 2
3/4 Describe the environmental review process 3/4 Discuss the results of our review 3/4 Provide the review schedule 3/4 Accept any comments you may have today 3/4 Describe how to submit comments
V.C. Summer V.C. Summer License Renewal License Renewal 3/4 Operating license expires in August 2022 3
3/4 Application requests authorization to operate V.C. Summer for an additional 20 years
NRCs License NRCs License Renewal Review Renewal Review 3/4 Safety review 4
3/4 Safety review 3/4 Environmental review 3/4 Plant inspections 3/4 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
License Renewal Process License Renewal Process Safety Safety Review Review Onsite Onsite Inspection Inspection Activities Activities Inspection Inspection Report Report S f t S f t ACRS ACRS Review Review ACRS ACRS Report Report Safety Safety Review Review Onsite Onsite Inspection Inspection Activities Activities Inspection Inspection Report Report S f t S f t ACRS ACRS Review Review ACRS ACRS Report Report 5
License Renewal License Renewal Application Application Environmental Environmental Review Review Safety Safety Review Review Safety Safety Evaluation Evaluation Report Report Scoping Scoping Activities Activities Draft Draft Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Comments Comments On Draft On Draft Final Final Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Hearings*
Hearings*
Agency Agency Decision on Decision on Application Application Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
- If a request for hearing is granted
- If a request for hearing is granted License Renewal License Renewal Application Application Environmental Environmental Review Review Safety Safety Review Review Safety Safety Evaluation Evaluation Report Report Scoping Scoping Activities Activities Draft Draft Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Comments Comments On Draft On Draft Final Final Supplement Supplement To GEIS To GEIS Hearings*
Hearings*
Agency Agency Decision on Decision on Application Application Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
- If a request for hearing is granted
- If a request for hearing is granted
National Environmental National Environmental Policy Act Policy Act 3/4 NEPA requires Federal agencies to use a t
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systematic approach to consider environmental impacts 3/4 Commission has determined that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for a license renewal action
Decision Standard for Decision Standard for Environmental Review Environmental Review To determine whether or not the adverse 7
To determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for V.C.
Summer are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
Environmental License Environmental License Renewal Process Renewal Process Application Application Submitted Submitted August 6, 2002 August 6, 2002 Notice of Intent Notice of Intent October 10, 2002 October 10, 2002 8
Scoping Scoping Process Process Environmental Review Environmental Review Site Audit Site Audit December 2002 December 2002 Requests for Additional Requests for Additional Information (RAIs)
Information (RAIs)
March 2003 March 2003 Draft Supplement Draft Supplement To the GEIS To the GEIS July 2003 July 2003 Final Final Supplement to Supplement to GEIS by GEIS by February 2004 February 2004 Formal Formal Public Public Participation Participation
Information Gathering Information Gathering License Renewal License Renewal Application Application Staffs Staffs Site Audit Site Audit Public Public Comments Comments 9
SEIS SEIS State & Local State & Local Agencies Agencies Social Social Services Services Permitting Permitting Authorities Authorities
Team Expertise Team Expertise Regulatory Regulatory Radiation Radiation Protection Protection Atmospheric Science Atmospheric Science 10 Nuclear Nuclear Safety Safety Regulatory Regulatory Compliance Compliance Protection Protection Terrestrial Terrestrial Ecology Ecology Socioeconomics/
Socioeconomics/
Environmental Justice Environmental Justice Land Use Land Use Archaeology/Cultural Resources Archaeology/Cultural Resources Hydrology Hydrology Aquatic Aquatic Ecology Ecology Water Water Quality Quality
Analysis Approach Analysis Approach Potential Potential N
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I Generic Environmental Impact Statement Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
(GEIS)
Category 1 Category 2 Category 1 Category 2 GEIS: Impacts Small GEIS: Impacts Small At All Sit At All Sit GEIS: Analyze GEIS: Analyze At All Sit At All Sit 11 New Issue New Issue New and New and Significant Significant Info?
Info?
At All Sites At All Sites At All Sites At All Sites Perform Site Perform Site--
Specific Analysis Specific Analysis Adopt the Adopt the GEIS Conclusion GEIS Conclusion Validated Validated New Issue?
New Issue?
No Further No Further Analysis Analysis NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES
How Impacts are How Impacts are Quantified Quantified 3/4 NRC-defined impact levels:
3/4 SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or 12 ff noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource 3/4 MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes of the resource 3/4 LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource 3/4 Consistent with the Council on Environmental Quality guidance for NEPA analyses
Environmental Impacts of Operation 3/4 Cooling System 3/4 Transmission Lines 13 3/4 Transmission Lines 3/4 Radiological 3/4 Socioeconomic 3/4 Groundwater Use and Quality 3/4 Threatened or Endangered Species
Cooling System Impacts 3/4Entrainment 3/4Losses from entrainment are compensated by the high reproductive success of the fish species 3/4Impingement 14 3/4Impingement 3/4 0.47% of fish standing stock impinged annually 3/4Heat Shock 3/4No fish kills since 1993 mitigations were completed 3/4Complies with SCDHEC NPDES permit 3/4ALL IMPACTS SMALL
Radiological Impacts z Addresses exposures to the public and to workers z No Category 2 issues 15 z No Category 2 issues z No new and significant information z GEIS concluded impacts are SMALL
Threatened or Endangered Species Bald eagle 3/4Several Federal-and State-listed species potentially in vicinity 16 Carolina Carolina heelsplitter heelsplitter (http://nc (http://nc--es.fws.gov/mussel/carolheel.html) es.fws.gov/mussel/carolheel.html)
(http://nc (http://nc--es.fws.gov/plant/canbydrop.html) es.fws.gov/plant/canbydrop.html)
Canbys Canbys dropwort dropwort (http://images.fws.gov)
(http://images.fws.gov) 3/4Informal Consultation with FWS initiated 3/4IMPACTS ARE SMALL
Potential New and Significant Information 3/4 No new and significant information identified:
17 3/4 No new and significant information identified:
- during scoping
- by the licensee
- by the staff
Other Environmental Impacts Evaluated
- Urani m F el C cle and Solid Waste Management 18
- Uranium Fuel Cycle and Solid Waste Management
- Decommissioning
Alternatives
- No-action N
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- New generation
- Purchased electrical power
- Alternative technologies
- Combination of alternatives
Preliminary Conclusions for Alternatives 3/4 Alternatives (including the no-action alternative) 20
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may have environmental effects in many impact categories that reach MODERATE or LARGE significance
Impacts of Postulated Impacts of Postulated Accidents Accidents 21 3/4 Design-Basis Accidents 3/4 Severe Accidents 3/4 Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives (SAMAs)
SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation Process Process 3/4 Characterize overall plant risk 3/4 Identify potential improvements 22 3/4 Identify potential improvements 3/4 Quantify risk reduction potential and implementation costs 3/4 Determine whether implementation of any of the improvements is required to support license renewal
Results of Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation 3/4 268 candidate improvements identified in ER 3/4 236 eliminated during the initial qualitative 23 3/4 236 eliminated during the initial, qualitative screening 3/4 Remaining 32 SAMAs reduced to 12 based on cost and risk reduction considerations 3/4 Detailed cost/benefit analysis shows none of the 12 remaining candidates are cost beneficial
Results of Results of SAMA Evaluation SAMA Evaluation (continued)
(continued) 3/4 Overall conclusion:
3/4 Additional plant improvements to further mitigate 24 3/4 Additional plant improvements to further mitigate severe accidents are not required at V.C. Summer as part of license renewal
Preliminary Conclusion Preliminary Conclusion 3/4 Impacts of license renewal are SMALL for all impact areas I
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25 3/4 Impacts of alternatives to license renewal range from SMALL to LARGE 3/4 The staffs preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for V.C. Summer are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable
Environmental Review Environmental Review Milestones Milestones 3/4 Draft EIS iss ed J l 10 2003 26 3/4 Draft EIS issued - July 10, 2003 3/4 Comment period - July 10 to October 3, 2003 3/4 Final EIS issued on or before - February 27, 2004
Point of Contact Point of Contact 3/4 Agency point of contact:
Gregory F. Suber 27 (800) 368-5642, Ext. 1124 3/4 Documents are located at the Thomas Cooper Library, 1322 Greene Street, Columbia, South Carolina, and the Fairfield County Library, 300 Washington Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina, and can be viewed at the NRCs Web site (www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html) 3/4 Draft SEIS can also be viewed at: www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/ staff/sr1437/supplement15/
NRC Addresses NRC Addresses z
Provide comments:
3/4 By mail at:
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services 28 Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 3/4 In person at: 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 3/4 E-mail at:
VCSummerEIS@nrc.gov 3/4 On-line comment form with web version of draft